Radical changes test drive the new Rolls-Royce Ghost

[Autohome? Original test drive]? From the humid and cold Shanghai to Sanya where the temperature is still over 20 degrees Celsius, test drive the new generation of Rolls-Royce Ghost. For such an important matter, the opening remarks should be as simple as possible Short, let’s get to the point. Ghost should be the second most expensive model among the currently produced four-door sedans, while the most expensive is the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Test driving such a product is often a mixture of excitement and fear for car editors. Needless to say, the reason for excitement is that it is high-end and expensive. As for fear, it is because I always keep asking myself in my mind how to express it. something more meaningful. So I thought about it. If you read the following content, you can start with the "I have a friend" series when chatting with other people, and calmly explain the great features of New Ghost one by one. , as if I really have one, then I will be considered successful. After all, for a brand that stands at the top of luxury cars, a brand that has strict requirements for luxury and does not hesitate to spend a lot of money, any adjective seems to have lost its original ability.

Let’s start with the recent events about Ghost. The previous generation of Ghost was born in 2009, more than ten years ago. At that time, it filled the market gap under the Phantom. And the relatively compact body also attracted more users. For Rolls-Royce, manufacturing Ghost was a very important step that year, providing a solid foundation for market development. In addition, the official also conducted a survey on Ghost owners. Judging from the results, most Ghost users like to drive themselves, which also fills the gap in the market of "Rolls-Royce that can be driven by oneself".

What are the invisible changes in the new car? For the new generation of models, the most obvious change is the update of the platform. The new luxury architecture has the same origin as the Phantom and Cullinan, so many new technologies have also been introduced. Available on new Ghost. For example, this should be the first time in the history of Ghost that four-wheel drive is available. The grip of all four wheels is naturally better than relying only on the rear wheels, not to mention that this is a model with a V12 twin-turbocharged engine. The same four-wheel steering is also provided to the new Ghost, which also allows this large luxury car to be more calm when facing some unreasonably designed basement corners, instead of pacing back and forth. I was urged to do so by the car behind me honking its horn. Of course, I think this feature is what drivers like most. After all, Chinese users mostly sit in the back and enjoy the comfortable seats or watch PPT and hold conference calls.

More exciting videos, all in the Autohome video channel. The new architecture also improves the torsional stiffness of the car body. The data of 40000N·m/° looks quite advanced, and the excellent results It also contributes to better NVH for the entire vehicle, by replacing the flat structure that is more prone to vibration with a large number of double-layer structures, and then filling the double-layer structures with composite damping sound insulation felt, and adding in the door Add sound insulation materials to the parts you can think of, such as the roof, the inside of the tires, etc. In the end, the weight of the sound insulation material exceeded 100kg, thus achieving the designer's expected effect. Things that are visible but not easy to notice. Compared with overly professional details such as architectural changes, those details that are visible but easy to ignore are also key points that can be talked about with others. For example, the body of the new generation model has increased by 91mm and the width has increased by 50mm, but the wheelbase has not changed. This is also easy to understand. The standard axle version has exceeded 5.5 meters, and the long wheelbase version has exceeded 5.7 meters. It seems that it is no longer necessary. The wheelbase has been lengthened. The goddess of joy has a new position on the front of the car. The hood of the old model ends behind the goddess, but in order to avoid the appearance of this line on the new generation model, the hood extends directly to the front of the car, and the position of this opening is also very particular. Even if the goddess car logo is raised, the engine cover can be opened smoothly. The Parthenon grille has also become a breakthrough in the pursuit of details in new cars. You will find that the grille can emit a soft light. This is of course not that Athena appears and wants to fight with Zeus, but the designer will The result after putting 20 sets of LED light strips into the grille. In order to make the details stand the test and make the light softer, a material that can reduce light reflection is specially painted on the back of the grille.

The top-notch experience in the car. The new generation model follows the simplest design concept. It does not show off the so-called sense of technology through exaggerated design. The exquisite buttons are the kind that will not become outdated after the test of time. thing.

As for the wooden interior, which has not been decorated too much, the designer still put some careful thought into it, such as adding fine aluminum particle textures to the wood. The effect certainly looks high-end. In addition to the high-end interior made of 20 groups of 338 pieces of leather stitched together, the starlight instrument panel in front of the passenger side of the center console is a part you must be familiar with. When the Phantom uses the element of "artistic collection", it turns the center console into a display venue for the car owner's artistic flair. Now, the designer has implanted 152 LED light sources into the interior of the instrument panel to achieve the surround effect of more than 850 stars. In addition, through 2mm thick light guide material and more than 90,000 laser etching points on the surface of the instrument panel, the current model is produced. A soft starlight effect. In order to prevent this decorative panel from wearing when it is not lit, or not looking out of place with the surrounding interior, the three-layer material eliminates this possibility. The piano paint base is laser-etched to allow fiber optics to pass through the Ghost and nebula patterns, while the second layer of dark paint is responsible for integrating with the interior when the lights are not lit. The third layer is a layer of 0.5mm Solid color high-gloss sealcoat, which is consistent with the high-gloss effect on the rest of the interior. If you are sitting in the back row, you may not be able to see the starry sky dashboard in the front row, but when you look up, the starry sky roof above your head can still make you feel calm. And relying on the advancement of technology, today’s starry sky roofs are all You can streak through shooting stars. Although you can't make a wish, it's enough to relieve fatigue. Quietness is a must for Rolls-Royce, but for engineers, pure silence is not actually the best result. To achieve harmony among various sounds, the key to comfort is the harmonious unity of vibration frequencies. The air conditioner is usually the most noisy part, because when you adjust the air volume to the maximum, it will inevitably cause greater noise. On Ghost, you can't feel the sound of the "fan" turning desperately when it is in the mid-range or below. Even if it is adjusted to the maximum gear, the noise caused by the wind is controlled and will not be noisy. Rough noise. Engineers smoothed the inside of the air conditioning ducts and added new filters to make the air conditioner quieter and bring fresher air, allowing VIPs in the car to relax enough to sleep. Of course, the noise reduction efforts don't stop there. Engineers also paid attention to the trunk. After all, there is a few hundred liters of air there. They added a design under the partition behind the rear seats to promote the escape of sound waves. Reduces low-frequency vibrations from the trunk. When the quietness in the car has reached an epic level, what brand of audio would you equip Ghost with? Bowers & Wilkins or Sound of Berlin? Rolls-Royce feels that the customization is reliable, so you can’t see the brand trademark on the car audio. As for the effect, I haven’t done much research on audio, and I don’t have so many professional words to describe it, but in short, this set of audio is very powerful.

Although it is large, it can also be very powerful. After switching from the back seat to the steering wheel, gently pull the handle twice gracefully, the door will automatically open from the inside, and then walk out elegantly from the back seat with double doors. Then elegantly press the button on the door handle, and the door will automatically close. This is also a new function passed down from the Phantom. Another knowledge point that can be used to show off to others is that Rolls-Royce is able to maintain There is an elegant door-closing action under any road inclination. Brand-new longitudinal and lateral sensors are designed, combined with the gravity sensor in the door, so that there will be no panic at any time.

For more exciting videos, please visit the Autohome video channel. The 6.75L V12 twin-turbo engine placed vertically in the front of the car is the same as the Phantom and Cullinan, with a maximum power of 420kW (571 horsepower) and 850N· m's peak torque, even though the body weight has exceeded 2.5 tons, it can still show calmness when paired with an 8-speed automatic transmission, reaching the level that a Rolls-Royce should have. The torque of the V12 engine gives people a feeling of never-ending exhaustion. It can run very fast, but you won't care too much about those boring data. The accelerator pedal under your feet tells you how smooth and continuous the acceleration feels. , usually there is no need to downshift to increase power. You only need to lightly step on the accelerator pedal, and Ghost will increase the speed steadily and quickly. This is the charm of large displacement. A similar situation is like a It is an electric car equipped with a high-power motor, but it lacks the abruptness and dragging feeling after draining the fuel.

The magic carpet-like driving experience is a word that will be written every time Rolls-Royce is mentioned. The working status of the shock absorbers is scanned in real time through electronic devices, the road ahead information is checked through cameras for prediction, and satellite positioning is added in advance. Preparing the gearbox gears. The combination of these points allows Ghost to fly on the road like a magic carpet. In addition, this time it has a new name, the flagbearer system, which is like the flagbearer of a ship sailing in the sea. Constantly waving the flag to give instructions to the crew. It feels amazing to hold the steering wheel and drive Ghost. First of all, its large size is a factor that cannot be ignored. But its performance when driving does not match its size. Four-wheel drive + four-wheel steering + various advanced suspension systems. In the end, the performance of this car on the road is very impressive, but it will not It's so fooling that you can't grasp the rhythm, and you won't feel like you're riding an elephant in the corners. It's stable and solid, and can pass through high-speed corners calmly, and it won't sway when merging. This is not like the performance of a 2.5-ton vehicle. Of course, all this happened on an open road. I think Ghost will still show a sense of nervousness once it returns to a narrow mountain road or a crowded urban area. So I found that Europeans prefer to drive by themselves. I think those car owners should drive from their own castle to another castle to visit. The road is wide enough to pass an aircraft carrier. Once the scene is changed to a congested urban area like London, , car owners may realize in minutes how difficult it is to beat workers. In China, I think long-distance running is the only scenario where you can drive by yourself. And with the underground parking lots in the center of Beijing and Shanghai, you may not be able to get out, you may not be able to get up, or you may be stuck in the middle. The most correct way is to ask the driver to park the car at the entrance of the hotel or office building, wait for the waiter to open the door for you, and then leave gracefully while the driver slowly drives away.

Editor’s summary: My half-day experience of pretending to be a car owner was over in a flash. Very quickly, for a brand that stands at the top of the pyramid of all car brands and can overlook everything, my experience is indeed very special. limited. In my memory, I vaguely felt that I had driven a Ghost before, but when I went back to look for it, I found that I was actually driving a Phantom. In addition, it was so long ago that I really couldn’t compare the two generations of Ghost before and after. However, for Rolls-Royce, change is eternal, but the experience given to car owners remains at a high level as always. In recent years, new technologies in assisted driving and chassis systems have provided powerful weapons for the evolution of Rolls-Royce models. As the Rolls-Royce official said, "Everything about the new generation of Ghost is brand new, except for the goddess of joy on the front of the car and the umbrella in the door." This sentence is suitable for the end of this article, and it is also suitable for you to give Make a concise summary when people around you tell them. (Text/Auto Home? Qi Zixin)